Minimal black and white elements with intense contrast come together in a striking style in Devin Oktar Yalkın's photographs where he transforms a mood, subject, or scene into a mystical image. He encourages the viewer to ask questions through his work rather than providing them with the answers they seek. Distancing himself from his routine perception of time and space, he tries to capture situations and events with raw energy. He avoids manipulating the photographs aside from basic edits. One of his outstanding series "Nemesis" consists of photographs where he tries to convey the faint remains of dreams through imagery. Consisting of editorial photos of significant people, his series "Portraits" attempts to depict the truths about the subjects in an authentic style.

Born and raised in New York City, Devin Oktar Yalkin (1981) graduated from the School of Visual Arts Photography Department in 2010. Yalkin's first monograph titled "I'll See You Tomorrow Until I Can't", was published by Sun Editions in 2016. He has worked with many magazines such as the New York Times, Time, Vice, and Rolling Stone. Yalkin's black-and-white photographs have been featured in various group exhibitions and fairs in the USA, Turkey, Germany, the Netherlands, France, and many other countries. After participating in the “Close Range” exhibition opened at Istanbul Modern in 2013, the artist's works included in this exhibition were also included in the permanent collection of the museum. After his first solo exhibition in Turkey; "Obsidian" was opened at EVİN in 2022, the gallery began to represent Yalkin in Turkey. Yalkin lives and continues his practices in Los Angeles.